Rasbert Turner, Gleaner Writer

Left: Dian White feeds the multitude with fish and festival.   Right: Hilda 'Aunt Lue' Whyte stirs her brew of fish tea and boil corn.

St. Catherine:

It was fish galore at the third staging of the Old Harbour Seafood Festival on Sunday, October 29.

When Food arrived at the JPS Sports Club there was fish, lobster, conch, and other great tasting seafood prepared in various forms.

Fish was curried, brown-stewed, steamed, fried, escoveitched, and roasted. Not to be outdone, lobster was also in abundance, and whether curried or brown stewed, many turned out to satisfy their seafood tastebuds.

These great-tasting dishes were accompanied by crackers, rice and peas, bammy, roast breadfruit, bread, roast yam, and turn cornmeal.

It was a bright and fun day that reflected the atmosphere of the festival. From as early as midday, patrons started to trickle into the venue as children started to take advantage of the bounceabout, merry go round and joy ride.

Seafood on hand

By five o' clock the place was transformed into a sea of faces with patrons taking advantage of all the seafood on hand, and only those who were not fortunate enough to be served left with a bitter taste in their mouths.

For those who spoke to Food, they gave thumbs-up for the breath of fresh air that the festival provided.

"Wi luv di food ere man, and we travel all di way from St. Mary fi taste di Old Harbour brand a sea-food, an mi luv it bad," remarked a patron while he enjoyed the steamed fish. Vendors, although claiming modest sales, said it was a very good festival.

"Wi luv di food, ere man, and we travel all di way from St. Mary fi taste di Old Harbour brand a seafood, an mi luv it bad ..."